Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897 Order Perissodactyla Owen, 1848 - odd-toed ungulates Family Tapiridae Gray, 1821 [monotypic] - tapirs Genus Tapirus Brisson, 1762 - tapirs Tapirus terrestris group Tapirus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) - South American tapir Tapirus terrestris colombianus Hershkovitz, 1954